| Mike Norris, who was out most of last season because of an operation to remove bone chips from his elbow, allowed only three hits and pitched the Athletics to a 6-0 victory over the Royals. Joe Rudi had a two-run double in the A's attack. [The Sporting News] |
Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Sunday, July 4, 1976 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
A's 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 6 8 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .275 Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Campaneris ss 4 1 3 1 1 1 .240 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Baylor rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .225 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .352 Rudi lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .252 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 Bando 3b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .230 McRae dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .339 Tenace 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Cowens rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Williams dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .205 Stinson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Garner 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Patek ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Haney c 2 0 1 1 1 1 .224 D. Nelson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Newman ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 White 2b,ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quirk ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 8 6 6 7 Totals 29 0 3 0 2 3 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 24,647 Left on Base: A's 8, Royals 4 DP: A's 0, Royals 2 Errors: Fitzmorris Doubles: Campaneris (9), Rudi (14), McRae (21) Stolen Bases: North (36), McRae (16) Sacrifice Hits: Bando (4) GIDP: Baylor (7), Tenace (6) Hit by Pitch: Baylor (8,by Fitzmorris) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norris W(2-2) 9 3 0 0 2 3 0 31 4.17 Totals 9 3 0 0 2 3 0 31 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fitzmorris L(9-5) 5.2 6 6 4 4 3 0 27 3.43 Littell 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.59 Gura 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7.50 Hall 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3.32 Totals 9 8 6 4 6 7 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Fitzmorris (1) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Al Clark ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris singled to left; Baylor grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford walked; Wohlford was picked off first (pitcher to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando walked; Tenace forced Bando (shortstop to second); Williams grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae walked; McRae stole second; Cowens grounded out (second to first) [McRae to third]; Stinson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner lined to center; Haney struck out; North walked; North stole second; Campaneris singled to right [North scored]; Baylor flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to right; Wohlford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Bando walked; Tenace grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to left; Brett popped to shortstop; Mayberry singled to right; McRae popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Garner struck out; Haney walked; North forced Haney (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson flied out to left; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: D. NELSON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Campaneris doubled to left; Baylor was hit by a pitch; Rudi doubled [Campaneris scored, Baylor scored]; Bando reached on an error by Fitzmorris on a sacrifice bunt [Rudi to third]; Sal Bando knocked ball out of Al Fitzmorris' glove; Tenace popped to shortstop in foul territory; Williams singled to right [Rudi scored, Bando to third]; Garner struck out; Haney singled to left [Bando scored (unearned), Williams to second]; LITTELL REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); North singled to right [Williams scored (unearned), Haney to second]; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 5 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; Wohlford struck out; Otis struck out; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Baylor struck out; Rudi popped to third in foul territory; Bando grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; McRae doubled to right; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first) [McRae to third]; Stinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: GURA REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Tenace singled to left; Williams flied out to center; Garner popped to second; NEWMAN BATTED FOR HANEY; Newman forced Tenace (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: NEWMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); D. Nelson grounded out (third to first); QUIRK BATTED FOR WHITE; Quirk grounded out (second to first); Wohlford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HALL REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); North struck out; Campaneris walked; Baylor walked [Campaneris to second]; Rudi flied out to right; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0. ROYALS 9TH: Otis flied out to right; Brett grounded out (second to first); Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 0.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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